That brings the active case count to 67.
The province is confirming 4,094 new COVID-19 cases, saying 2,277 people are now in the hospital with the disease.
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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting 12 new COVID positives Saturday.
The Fort Frances area is the hot zone with 7 cases.
The Kenora Health Hub has four cases, while the Sioux Lookout has one.
The Thunder Bay District Health Unit is identifying three more COVID-19 cases with variants of concern, on top of ten new infections.
That brings the active case count to 67.
The province is confirming 4,094 new COVID-19 cases, saying 2,277 more people have been admitted to hospital with the disease.
That includes 833 patients in intensive care with the virus.
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The Northwestern Health Unit is reporting 11 new COVID positives today.
There are three each in the Kenora and Emo Health Hubs.
The Dryden and Fort Frances areas both have two.
There is one new case in the Red Lake region.
The health unit is confirming it is investigating a case situation at the Evolution Mine site but is unable to provide additional detail at this time.
There are now 68 active cases in the Health Hubs: 24 Kenora, 16 Sioux Lookout (7 in the Municipality of Sioux Lookout), 14 Emo, 9 Fort Frances, 3 Red Lake, 2 Dryden
Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kit Young Hoon says the high numbers in Kenora partially relates to a social group that has been interacting for a fair bit.
Local provincial politicians want the governing Conservatives to return to the colour-coded COVID-19 response framework.
Premier Doug Ford first put Ontario in lockdown as of April 1st, which was followed by a stay at home order on April 7th that was extended to last until at least May 20th.
In addition, officials made the decision on April 12th to move all elementary and secondary schools to remote learning until at least April 30th.
“Parents are having an extraordinary challenge as related to keeping their children at home and remote learning,” stressed Thunder Bay-Superior North Liberal MPP Michael Gravelle. “I also think we should be opening up our outdoor spaces so that people can be more mobile again.”